Letter: City Point, Va., to G[ideon] Wells, Washington, [D.C.], 1865 Jan 24.

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Letter: City Point, Va., to G[ideon] Wells, Washington, [D.C.], 1865 Jan 24.

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Request to Capt. William A. Parker to assemble gunboats on the James River have not been obeyed; has sent orders to the commanders of vessels; asks Welles to direct they be obeyed.

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